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Can This Babu Be Punjab's Giant Killer?

Can This Babu Be Punjab's Giant Killer?

Rediff.com28 Feb 2022

'The honourable prime minister virtually handpicked me for the Amritsar East seat.' 'Amit Shahji announced that if I am elected, the whole of Punjab will be drugs free.'

What the economy needs: Painful medium-term steps

What the economy needs: Painful medium-term steps

Rediff.com4 Mar 2020

''Even without major reforms, with a business as usual scenario, and with current inflation trends, we should be clocking around 11 to 12 per cent nominal growth.' 'That is not happening and is a source of worry,' Rathin Roy tells Arup Roychoudhury.

Air pollution may hinder India's fight against COVID-19: Scientists

Air pollution may hinder India's fight against COVID-19: Scientists

Rediff.com27 Oct 2020

Long-term exposure to chronically high PM2.5 levels weakens the ability of the lungs to fend off infections, therefore making people more susceptible to COVID-19, the scientists said.

Making Lord Krishna and Kautilya relevant today

Making Lord Krishna and Kautilya relevant today

Rediff.com13 Apr 2010

Lord Krishna, Alexander The Great and Kautilya play stellar parts in Amartya Sen's discussion with Arthur J Pais. A fascinating conversation with the Nobel Laureate

Indian professor, Oprah honoured at Harvard

Indian professor, Oprah honoured at Harvard

Rediff.com31 May 2013

Partha Dasgupta, an Indian-origin economics professor at Cambridge, and famed talk show queen Oprah Winfrey were among nine people conferred with honorary degrees at the annual convocation of Harvard University.

How to bag a study abroad scholarship

How to bag a study abroad scholarship

Rediff.com24 Nov 2013

Here's a sequential line of action to help you get the funding you need.

14 infrastructure sectors crying for attention

14 infrastructure sectors crying for attention

Rediff.com25 Jul 2013

Let's take a look at 14 infrastructure sectors that need immediate attention.

UK choir makes music with Mumbai's slum kids

UK choir makes music with Mumbai's slum kids

Rediff.com26 Mar 2013

Jesus College Choir -- a choir from the University of Cambridge teamed up with non-government organisation Songbound for an unique initiative that culminated at Blue Frog, a popular lounge in Mumbai.

'Facebook 'likes' can reveal your intimate secrets'

'Facebook 'likes' can reveal your intimate secrets'

Rediff.com12 Mar 2013

Researchers could correctly predict race, IQ, sexuality, and political view of users.

Dr Manmohan Singh scholarship announced

Dr Manmohan Singh scholarship announced

Rediff.com2 Oct 2009

The scholarship is exclusively for Indians currently based in India to do PhD and MPhil in science and technology, economics and social sciences at St John's College.

Oprah Winfrey receives honourary degree from Harvard

Oprah Winfrey receives honourary degree from Harvard

Rediff.com31 May 2013

Here's what Hollywood has been up to lately.

Study proposes lockdown strategy: 50 days on, 30 off

Study proposes lockdown strategy: 50 days on, 30 off

Rediff.com21 May 2020

Such measures are effective at slowing disease spread and preventing health systems becoming overwhelmed, they can also lead to job losses and social disruption, noted the study, published in the European Journal of Epidemiology.

50-day lockdown, 30 days off could help contain COVID-19: Report

50-day lockdown, 30 days off could help contain COVID-19: Report

Rediff.com20 May 2020

Since no effective treatments or vaccine for COVID-19 is available, reducing virus transmission via measures like isolating suspected infected individuals, school closures, and lockdowns are crucial, according to the researchers, including Rajiv Chowdhury from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

How qualified are our PMs?

How qualified are our PMs?

Rediff.com20 May 2004

Dr Manmohan Singh is probably the most highly qualified Indian to serve as PM.

People who have more sex make more money

People who have more sex make more money

Rediff.com17 Aug 2013

A roundup of recently published sex and relationship news

10 things to know about COVID-19 vaccines

10 things to know about COVID-19 vaccines

Rediff.com16 Jan 2021

As India holds its breath for the Covid vaccination to be begin, Sudhir Bisht provides a quick checklist of what you must know about the vaccines that will be administered to citizens.

IVF pioneer Robert Edwards dies at 87

IVF pioneer Robert Edwards dies at 87

Rediff.com11 Apr 2013

British scientist Robert Edwards, who won a Nobel Prize award for his pioneering work in developing In Vitro Fertilisation, died on Wednesday. He was 87.

Scholarship to study in the UK

Scholarship to study in the UK

Rediff.com26 Apr 2006

HSBC announces the 2006 Scholarships Programme

Duo wins Ig Nobel Prize

Duo wins Ig Nobel Prize

Rediff.com8 Oct 2007

India-born Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan of Harvard University and Enrique Cerda Villablanca of Chile University have received the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Hart and Holmstrom win Economics Nobel for work on contract theory

Hart and Holmstrom win Economics Nobel for work on contract theory

Rediff.com10 Oct 2016

The winners will split an eight million Swedish kronor (USD 924,000) award funded by the Swedish central bank.

How Harvard's investing superstars crashed

How Harvard's investing superstars crashed

Rediff.com24 Feb 2009

When stocks were tumbling last fall as the new school year began, at Harvard University, it was as if the boom had never ended. But behind the scene it was a different story.

Flying carpet? Yes, IIT alumnus almost makes it!

Flying carpet? Yes, IIT alumnus almost makes it!

Rediff.com18 Dec 2007

An Indian Institute of Technology-Chennai (IIT) alumnus has come up with instructions on how to make a flying carpet, just like the one in Walt Disney's creation 'The Arabian Nights'.

Sorry for not doing enough: Zuckerberg's testimony to Congress

Sorry for not doing enough: Zuckerberg's testimony to Congress

Rediff.com10 Apr 2018

The Facebook chief said his top priority has always been his social mission of connecting people, building community and bringing the world closer together.

Meet the Indian students who BAGGED the Rhodes scholarship

Meet the Indian students who BAGGED the Rhodes scholarship

Rediff.com21 Nov 2011

The new batch of Rhodes scholars includes South Asians. The prestigious international scholarship is awarded to high academic achievers who are also active in sports and community work.

Meet Dev Patel's onscreen wife

Meet Dev Patel's onscreen wife

Rediff.com10 Sep 2014

'Dev Patel and I hung out together to get to know one another. It's very important to understand your co-star before you begin a project.' Devika Bhise gets ready for The Man Who Knew Infinity.

The Stephen Hawking I knew

The Stephen Hawking I knew

Rediff.com22 Mar 2018

When I met him last year for his 75th birthday, he seemed frail. There was a sense of urgency. I will miss Stephen. His passing fills me with sadness.

Top 6 engineering entrance exams

Top 6 engineering entrance exams

Rediff.com1 Sep 2014

Besides the Joint Entrance Exam that we all know of, here are some more that are equally competitive.

How quitting Facebook can help reduce stress

How quitting Facebook can help reduce stress

Rediff.com9 Apr 2018

According to a study, abstaining from Facebook activity makes your stress hormone drop.

FDI in retail and 'Two Cultures'

FDI in retail and 'Two Cultures'

Rediff.com22 Apr 2014

The e-commerce marketplace is like an information intermediary these days.

Prime minister reveals secret of blue turban

Prime minister reveals secret of blue turban

Rediff.com12 Oct 2006

The 74-year-old, soft-spoken economist-turned-prime minister recalled his friends at Cambridge had nicknamed him "blue turban".

2 Americans, 1 Brit share 2010 Economics Nobel

2 Americans, 1 Brit share 2010 Economics Nobel

Rediff.com11 Oct 2010

They won for their analysis of markets with search frictions.

'Omicron may make you more sick'

'Omicron may make you more sick'

Rediff.com29 Nov 2021

'This virus may have more immune evasion capability and therefore, it may make you more sick.'

First Sikh judge of UK high court sworn in

First Sikh judge of UK high court sworn in

Rediff.com11 Oct 2011

Rabinder Singh, a leading lawyer who successfully appeared on behalf of Indian doctors in an immigration case in 2007, has been sworn in as the first Sikh judge of the high court at the royal courts of justice.

Harvard campus buildings evacuated after bomb threat

Harvard campus buildings evacuated after bomb threat

Rediff.com6 Jul 2014

Several buildings in the Harvard University campus in New York were evacuated and searched after an unidentified man told the university police over phone that he had planted bombs on the campus.

UK hits target to offer every adult COVID jab by July end

UK hits target to offer every adult COVID jab by July end

Rediff.com18 Jul 2021

The Department of Health and Social Care said a total of 81,959,398 doses of COVID vaccines have been administered in the UK, with 46,227,101 people receiving a first dose (87.8 per cent) and 35,732,297 people receiving both doses (67.8 per cent).

To space and back at Rs 86,000

To space and back at Rs 86,000

Rediff.com27 Sep 2006

A group of undergraduate researchers from the University of Cambridge have successfully tested their Project Nova, which could allow small payloads to be sent into space for as little as 1000 pounds (Rs 86,000)

Scientists know who'll be your Facebook friend

Scientists know who'll be your Facebook friend

Rediff.com5 Aug 2011

Offices, gyms and schools help in adding friends.

UK scientists call for global nuclear renaissance

UK scientists call for global nuclear renaissance

Rediff.com17 Aug 2010

British scientists have outlined a 20-year master plan for the global renaissance of nuclear energy, which they say will fill an energy gap as old nuclear, gas and coal fired plants are decommissioned.

Why is Delta variant so dominant?

Why is Delta variant so dominant?

Rediff.com7 Sep 2021

The international team of researchers combined lab-based experiments and epidemiology of vaccine breakthrough infections, showing that the Delta variant is better at replicating and spreading than other commonly-observed variants.

Indian Left still stuck in the 1940s, says Karat

Indian Left still stuck in the 1940s, says Karat

Rediff.com24 Oct 2010

In a candid overview of the state of the Left parties in India, Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Prakash Karat told a conference at the University of Cambridge that the Leftist forces in the country were still "banking on the concepts and theories of the 1940s".